== FAKE REMEDY TO CRUSH EGO GIVEN BY ONE GREAT DADA ==
Namaskar,
The other day, on the email, one of our respected and elder avadhutas
put forth his own remedy for ridding oneself of ego. And we will surely
look at that golden nugget of advice given by Dadaji.
First, however, let us recount one famous incident that happened during
a reporting session with Baba back in 1989.
THAT REPORTING SESSION WITH BABA
Those days in 1989, Baba was working and directing our Marga at a
spectacular pace-- anyone around clearly remembers this. Baba was
implementing one program after another, and side by side watching out for
the development and welfare of each and every disciple.
During one particular reporting session Baba lovingly, yet sternly,
looked at one worker and began strongly rebuking and punishing that Wt
for his serious wrongdoing. It was later found out that that Dada had
indulged in various sexual crimes. So on that day Baba was purifying
that Wt of his sin. Of course inwardly, Baba was exuding His great charm
and love-- all could feel that-- yet outwardly Baba was beating that
worker ferociously.
Then directly after giving punishment, Baba looked over at GS Dada and
said, 'Now he (i.e. the Wt who was punished) is an ideal human being'.
Then GS Dada turned directly towards that Wt and said, 'Now you are an
ideal human being'.
Then that worker replied, 'I will become good'. And GS Dada then repeated
the same back to Baba.
In His divine liila, immediately Baba became furious, and He said,
'What!! WILL become good?!? What nonsense!! Not WILL become good...He
HAS become good!'.
Then GS Dada turned towards that worker and repeated, 'You HAVE become
good'. And the Dada hurriedly said, 'I HAVE become good'. Only then was Baba satisfied.
Shortly thereafter, reporting was over and everyone went about their
various duties etc. But during that time, that Dada was again thinking
about his old lustful ways.
Because later on that day, again reporting was held and at one point
during that session, Baba looked over and said, 'Pashu!! (animal!!)
Where is that sinner-- where is he!'
Then with His eyes cast on that Wt, Baba said, 'You were still thinking
about your nasty ways!!'.
Baba continued, 'You made my ashram impure and dirty by your negative
thinking. One should never do like that. One should not think of their
past sins. Get him out of here! Kick him out! This is not the place for
this!'
So in the grand liila of it all, the Wt was pushed out...and then in His
contemplative and sweet manner, Baba said that he should be called back
and then and there the worker was allowed to re-enter the ashram.
Ultimately though, it has to be noted that in the end, some months
later, that worker left his wt-ship entirely.
MUST NOT LOOK BACK AT ONE'S PAST SINS
Here the whole point of Baba's teaching is that if one does any misdeed
or sinful activity, then one must repent, rectify the matter, yet never,
ever look back at those past mistakes. So on that particular day, Baba
was showering His immense grace on that worker as He was removing all
that terrible sin from that Wt. Due to Baba's fathomless grace, He made
that worker clean and pure all over again. All that Wt had to do was
keep his mind away from such dirty thoughts-- nothing more. So Baba
truly blessed that worker by wiping away the ill-effect of so many crude
sins.
Even then, due to his improper approach of again & again harboring those
sinful ideas, that worker fell into the negative trap of mentally
reviewing his lustful indulgences-- and by that way he could not keep
his balance and he left.
So the overarching ideal that Baba is giving is that one must never
think about one's past sins. One must move on and think about Him. That
is the whole idea.
ALL HAVE SOMETHING IN THEIR PAST
Because each and every person on this earth has been born with various
samskaras, and in this life or their past life, one has committed
countless sins. Everyone has some garbage in their past. But Baba does
not want us to think of those things-- that has no value, rather doing
so is harmful as it will stain and dirty the mind. Never should one
knowingly or consciously indulge in that habit of thinking about their
past mistakes.
Actually, the mind is such that it will automatically bring those crude
ideas-- even when we do not want them to come and our job is to rid the
mind of such impure thoughts. Those thoughts may come in sadhana or when
moving in the town etc, yet always we are to push that crude thought
aside by singing kiirtan or repeating our mantra or by thinking of Him.
So there is no need to consciously think of those old, impure memories
of old. Such thoughts will only drag us down. Never should we harbour
them in our mental plate.
As sadhakas we must always wipe away the burdens of the past by
channeling the mind towards spirituality.
BABA'S TEACHING: FREE THE MIND OF ONE'S PAST MISTAKES
And here in this shloka Baba is giving this very directive that one must
never allow the mind to get stuck thinking about past misdeeds.
Yassa pure ca pa pacche ca majjhe ca natthi kiuncanam';
Akiunca'nam' ana'da'nam' tamaham' bru'mi bra'hman'am.
Baba says, "I will call that person a Brahman whose mind does not run
after any colour, who is neither obsessed by colour-laden thoughts of
the past nor influenced by such thoughts of the present...One must free
the mind from the influence of all colours. " (NKS, Disc: 24)
Thus Baba's divine teaching is that we should never burden or dirty
ourselves by thinking of one's past misdeeds and sins. We are to keep
the mind light and colourless and not become beleaguered by the things
of old.
So Baba's teaching is quite clear-- He has left no scope for confusion
or ambiguity. One must never entertain the crude recollection of their
past misdeeds or sins.
YET ONE DADA IS TELLING...
Yet on the email, one elder avadhuta is actively promoting the idea that
to overcome one's ego one must think about their past sins. This is the
"special formula" this Dada is giving.
Our respected avadhuta wrote: "occasional drift of mind to one's own
defects helps mind not to be egoistic."
So Dadaji is giving his own remedy that to overcome the ego one must
think about their past mistakes-- otherwise one will never be able to
overcome the ego.
Obviously, this goes against Baba's divine teaching because Baba says
that thinking about one's past misdeeds will only lead to one's
degeneration. It has no positive outcome-- it will not help one overcome
the ego. That is why Baba strongly warns us never to do like that-- and
indeed no true sadhaka does. Rather we are to lighten our mind by
forgetting about one's past sins and channeling our thoughts towards Him.
BABA'S TRUE REMEDY FOR OVERCOMING THE EGO
The only question remains then is what is the proper way to overcome
feelings of vanity and ego-- since thinking about one's past wrongs is
certainly not the proper way.
For this Baba has given one beautiful remedy.
Baba guides us that we are to think that, 'He is the Doer and Giver of
everything. He has given us our sadhana, our intellect, and our energy
to act. And not only that, He is the owner of everything. It all belongs
to Him. There is nothing we own and all our talents are not our own bur
rather His gifts unto us.'
By thinking like this and remembering our sadhana, then one can never
develop any feeling of vanity or ego. Because the mind will always be
immersed in the sweet ideal, that everything comes from Him. It is all
due to His grace and divine will.
BABA'S BLESSING
By Baba's grace He has given us the proper way to keep the mind free of
impure thoughts and He clearly tells us in so many discourses never ever
to think of one's past mistakes and sins. This we should not do. Thus
when one avadhuta gives such ill-fated advice on email, we should not
pay any heed. Let us again and again remember that we are to follow the
mandates of our Guru, and not any second or third entity. Here again is
Baba's special teaching.
Baba says, "You should think within that you are ever pure and
enlightened – you are a child of Parama Purus'a. You should think that
you are like a newborn baby who remains untouched or unaffected by the
dirt and dross of sin." (AMWIL-11)
Namaskar,
Gagan
Note 1: WITH ALL DUE RESPECT TO OUR AVADHUTA
I touch the feet of our senior, dedicated avadhuta who with his sincere
love and affection tries hard in life. I have full respect for him, but
Ac Bhaskarananda Avt should not speak things against Guru, otherwise a
few naive margiis will follow those negative teachings and that will not
be good. So I humbly request Ac Bhaskarananda Avt to not repeat those
dogmatic things he got from other religious books. That will not bode
well for our Marga. Rather he should learn to only preach Baba's
guidelines, and not any other crude doctrine.
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Origin of Polo
Baba says, "The well-known modern game of polo originated in Manipur's Kobe Valley...Originally, only royal princes used to play the horse-riding game of polo. For that a very hard ball was needed. The kind of bamboo that was used, used to grow in the eastern portion of Rarh, in slightly salty soil. Still today the best bamboo for making polo balls grows in the Uluberia suvdivision of Howrah District and in Midnapore District's Tamluk subdivision." (SC-3, p. 71)
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